Simple Italian Cookery, by Antonia Isola

Fish

Codfish “Alla Giardiniera”

Take one pound of salted codfish, boil it, remove the skin and bones, and shred it. Then take one good carrot,
one-half a turnip, scrape them, cut them into slices, and boil them for a few moments. Then drain off the water, and
put them into a saucepan with one and one-half tablespoons of butter and finish cooking them, adding from time to time
a little boiling water. When the vegetables are cooked add the codfish, mix well, and serve.

Codfish with Egg Sauce

Take one pound of salt codfish. Boil it and remove the skin and bones. Then fry lightly in butter, adding chopped-up
parsley, salt, and pepper. Stir about constantly, and add from time to time a little boiling water, until the fish is
thoroughly cooked. Then beat up the yolks of two eggs and add them with a little flour, and cook for a few moments
more. Squeeze on some lemon juice and serve.

Codfish “Alla Marinaia”

Take one pound of salt codfish. Boil slightly until you can remove the skin and bones. Chop up fine a piece of
onion, and parsley, and fry them in a saucepan with three tablespoons of best olive-oil, then put in the codfish with
salt, pepper, and a pinch of allspice. While this is cooking, put into another saucepan three tablespoons of best
vinegar, two tablespoons of fish broth, and one-half bay-leaf. Add a little flour to give body to the sauce, stir well,
then remove the bay-leaf, and take the saucepan off the fire. Arrange the platter with pieces of fried bread in a layer
on the bottom, then the codfish, and then the sauce poured over it.

Fresh Codfish “Al Vino Bianco”

Remove the bones from three-quarters of a pound of fresh codfish. Cut into slices lengthwise. Butter a baking-dish,
put in the fish, put more butter on top of it, salt and pepper, and one-half glass of dry white wine. Cook for twenty
minutes in a hot oven, then place the fish on a platter, take the juice left over in the baking-dish, put it into a
saucepan, add a little flour, some more butter, and the juice of half a lemon. Before taking off the fire, add some
chopped-up parsley, and then pour the sauce over the fish, and serve.

Codfish with Green Peppers

Take one-half pound of salted codfish which has been soaked to remove the saltiness. Remove the skin and bones, and
cut the codfish into small squares. Then dip it again into fresh water, and put the squares onto a napkin to dry. The
fish may either be left as it is, or before proceeding, you may roll it in flour and fry it in lard or oil.

Then take two good-sized green peppers, roast them on top of the stove, remove the skins and seeds, wash them, dry
them, and cut them in narrow strips. When this is done put three generous tablespoons of olive-oil into a saucepan with
one onion cut up small, and fry the onion over a slow fire.

Take two big tomatoes, skin them, remove the seeds and hard parts, and cut them into small pieces. When the onion
has taken a good color, add the tomatoes, and cook until they sputter, then add the peppers and a little salt and
pepper. If the sauce is too thick add a little water. When the peppers are half cooked, add some chopped-up parsley and
the codfish. Cover up the saucepan and let it simmer until the fish is cooked.